On Capitol Hill, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday rejected a bipartisan framework on a pared-down, $908 billion coronavirus relief bill, saying it doesn’t provide enough liability protection for corporations whose workers or customers become infected with COVID-19.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders blasted Republican lawmakers for failing to provide for Americans in desperate need of assistance. Sanders has introduced an amendment to a spending bill that would provide a $1,200 stimulus check to every working-class U.S. adult and an additional $500 for each child. Congress must pass the spending bill by midnight tonight to avoid a federal government shutdown. Sanders spoke from the Senate floor Thursday.

Sen. Bernie Sanders: “At a time when so many American families are suffering, when so many people don’t know how they’re going to feed their kids or prevent being evicted from their homes or how they’re going to pay for a doctor’s visit, we cannot leave Washington and return to our families unless we address the economic suffering that so many other families are facing.”